Below is a curated list of articles from around the world relating to the topic of soil toxicity and the need from improved regulatory oversight.

BONAIRE: Sargassum Fertilizer Transfers Heavy Metals to Vegetables

Sargassum Monitoring

20.06.22

Effects of soil properties on heavy metal bioavailability and accumulation in crop grains under different farmland use patterns

Scientifics Reports (nature.com)

20.06.22

Cadmium Dietary Exposure Assessment in Adult Population and Preschool Children in the Republic of Serbia

Saša Janković, Milena Stošić, Evica Antonijević Miljaković, Marijana Ćurčić, Danijela Đukić Ćosić, Aleksandra Buha Đorđević, Zorica Bulat, Biljana Antonijević

11.05.22

Can the World Feed Itself? Historic Fertilizer Crunch Threatens Food Security

Elizabeth Elkin and Samuel Gebre

11.05.22

Renal damage induced by cadmium and its possible therapy by mitochondrial transplantation

Estefani Yaquelin Hernández-Cruz, Isabel Amador-Martínez, Ana Karina Aranda-Rivera, Alfredo Cruz-Gregorio, José Pedraza Chaverri

11.05.22

Chatham Commences Scoping Study for Phosphate Export Mine

NZX

11.05.22